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Extreme Cold Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI

January 22, 2026Alger County, Delta County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 22, 2026, 2:10 AM EST for Alger County, Delta County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 22, 2026, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 36 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2026, 2:10 AM EST (07:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 22, 2026, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 24, 2026, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Delta County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this extreme cold warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this extreme cold warning went out at Jan 22, 12:22 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 12:22 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 5:12 PM EST	Blizzard Warning	MQT	Houghton, Keweenaw	9 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.